The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE.
Please note: However, it may be that precautions against the spread of Covid-19 make this impossible, in which case the lectures will be given online. Details on a lecture-by-lecture basis will be posted on the BAA website.
At the Society of Antiquaries of London: Tea is served from 4.30 p.m. and the Chair is taken at 5.00 p.m.
The lectures are open to all and provide an opportunity for professionals, students and independent scholars to present research that falls within the BAA’s areas of interest.
6 October 2021
‘From defacement to revivification: a digital-archaeological approach to illuminating the nave paintings of St Albans Cathedral’
Professor Michael Michael, Hon. Fellow, University of Glasgow
3 November 2021
‘Imagining Jerusalem in Late Medieval Scotland’
Dr Lizzie Swarbrick, Edinburgh University
1 December 2021
‘The Henry of Blois Enamels: A(nother) Reassessment’
Dr John Munns, Magdalene College, Cambridge
5 January 2022
‘Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses’
Professor Roger Stalley, Trinity College, Dublin
The lecture will be followed by the Association’s Twelfth-Night Party
2 February 2022
‘Antiquarian Societies and Scholarly Networks: Collectors, Curators and Conferences’
Dr Naomi Speakman, British Museum
2 March 2022
‘Writing Weaving at Sankt Klara, Nuremburg: A Consideration of Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 57 Aug.8’
Dr Megan McNamee, Edinburgh University
6 April 2022
‘Building the Parish Church 1150-1300’
Dr Meg Bernstein, University of York
4 May 2022
‘Gothic Networks: Juan Guas in Fifteenth-Century Spain’
Dr Costanza Beltrami, University of Oxford
The lecture will be followed by the President’s Reception
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